Four years ago I could have never pictured myself applying to colleges. It's unbelievable how life changes us!
I arrived in America when I was 9 years old. Imagine starting your 4th grade school year with absolutely no knowledge in English. The education was different from what I was used to. Surprisingly 4th grade went well. At the end of the year I was fluent in English. I could speak like a true american.
Fast forward to freshmen year of high school, that's when everything went down hill. All I wanted was to be liked by everyone. I was willing to do everything that I can to capture peoples attention. Not good. By doing that I was getting the opposite reactions. It kept getting worse. The more I tried the more people hated me. I got called
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My grades went down and I didn't care. I never turned in home works and just sat in class thinking about how at the end of class, I would have to walk down by the people that hated me. It came down to the point where I couldn't go anywhere that these certain people were at. All through out my freshmen year I hid in the bathroom and ate my lunch. You may think it's disgusting but that was my only choice. I couldn't face them. I was a coward. I was a nobody. My grades were all F's and my life was a complete disaster.
I had to save myself. I had to get up and make a difference in my life. No more pity party's for me. I had to choose between education or failure. I chose my education because I knew I could do so much better if I actually tried. It took me a long time to realize that my parents did not immigrate from morocco to a country with no money, family, endure all the discrimination for me to fail. They came to America for me to succeed and that's what I had to do! I needed to become a somebody. I changed schools. Agora has changed my life for the better. In cyber school I got the education I deserved. I started to do all my assignments on time and scored high grades on quizzes and tests. I learned to manage my time and make new friends. I learned to accept myself. I accomplished everything I couldn't accomplish back
Walking into Walnut Hills High School right now would have anyone thinking the just walked into the middle of a tornado. Everyone you look there are students running in and out of doors, in and out of cars, and most certainly either turning in missing assignments or retaking tests. There is only one way for you to explain all this ciaos, Senior Year, the year that all teens await with so much excitement and ambition and the year that every single hour long study dates pays off. For the class of 2021 this isn’t just their final year at Walnut Hills this is the year that friends separate and head off to their different university to follow their dreams.
High school is meant to be the time of your life, but for most seniors just like me it can be some of the most emotional and crazy time. The things in my past make me who I am today, and the things I do now are the first footsteps into the future. I’ve learned a lot about myself in these past four years, and I still have so much learning to do. This is my high school story; the good, bad, and the ugly.
I know longer had to give advice to people about relationships, I was able to apply to all of the colleges I wanted to, I improved my grade point average, and I was able to grow more as a person. My life changed in so many different ways but I felt like it changed for the best. I was able to make new friends that were trying to accomplish some of the same goals as me and I know longer had to deal with unnecessary drama.
I was told that this, my junior year, would be the easiest year of my high school career. And no, they were absolutely wrong. It was not just school and grades that I was concern about either. I had other things to worry about, things like, driving, clubs, friends and family. I however had no idea that it would be this difficult. Throughout this school year I have learned many things; like the value of sleep, whose really your friend, and that although very important, grades are not everything.
At a young age I have faced many strenuous challenges that molded me into the person I am today. When moving to America with my mother, she left her family behind her in order for me to gain a better life that I would not be able to have in Vietnam. Coming to America as immigrants, with no knowledge of the culture or language, was a complete culture shock for us. It was inevitable that my mother and I would run into problems as we try to assimilate.
Feeling responsible for situations out of my control was difficult. My grades were awful, it was impossible to focus on anything. I could hardly sleep at night with the amounts of stress I was under. Knowing that my father was an alcoholic with bi-polar disorder opened me up to a new world. I was exposed to so much more than the average kid, especially when he would bring me to the Alcoholic Anonyms meetings. I met so many interesting people threw my father. My entire view of the world and its inhabitants has been altered. Growing up was very difficult but the experiences that I had has shaped the person I am today.
During my first semester of freshman year, I was a chicken. I just didn't care. I was having family problems, and trying to learn. It's actually really hard. I was worried about my grades, because I had just given up. I quit trying, and that was a bad decision. It hurt my grades terribly, and I was ashamed of myself, because I let other people
Let’s flash back in time to before our college days. Back to then we had lunch trays filled with rubbery chicken nuggets, stale pizza, and bags of chocolate milk. A backpack stacked with Lisa Frank note books, flexi rulers, and color changing pencils. The times where we thought we wouldn’t make it out alive, but we did. Through all the trials and tribulations school helped build who I am today and shaped my future. From basic functions all the way to life-long lessons that helped shape my character.
I learned to accept everybody for who they are, regardless of the past. And most importantly, I learned to polish my time management skills. After all, I'm sure everyone can relate to procrastination. But after reaching the end of that rollercoaster, I realized that I don't have to be that ideal student with a 4.6 (GPA) or a high SAT score. I just have to be true to myself and turn my pain into
I was depressed and felt lost and for the first time in my life didn’t have my biggest supporter pushing me or giving me the advice I needed to hear. I didn’t quit school and ended up graduating early and being offered a full-time job right out of school.
Other things in my life changed as well. I started to care about school, and developed a love for learning. My grades reflected this, and soon I began to like school again. I became cheerful and jubilant in my own ways. I was still under the clutches of my computer addiction, but things were looking up. I made some new friends in my class, and was generally a nicer person. I started listening to the same songs I always have, but at the same time branched out to different genres. I became a better person both in and out of my
When class would start we would have to be in groups to do book club reading. I wasn't best in English I would be called out for extra practice with my writing and reading skills. When it was my turn to read I would be threatened "don't you dare pick our group next time you can't even read your not going to graduate anyways stop coming to school. " I had graduated heading towards middle school. Later on I signed up for a Facebook account I posted a picture of my family and my old graduation picture.
but they wanted me to be more than that and that’s not who I am. I have to find my self by doing what I like and doing what is right for
I was able to overcome many problems and challenge myself in different aspects. At the very beginning of the year, I was very sensitive and having a bad experience meant a bad life to me. Later on, I started to realize what I am doing in school, and why I am here… I understood that life without ups and downs means you're died.
Half way through that year my cousin who is like a brother to me decided it was time for him to move to Phoenix Arizona accompanied by his newly wedded wife and try to make a living there. Him leaving really hit me hard, I was pretty close to becoming depressed. During that time I preferred to keep my mind busy as a result my grades shot up almost forty percent. Math in not my favorite subject at all, but for the first time in my entire life I can say that I really enjoyed and looked forward to going to my first period math class, I had the highest grade in that particular class for that semester. For the rest of that school year after overcoming all my problems I was just going to school getting my work done, get home, finish homework and do some work around the house.